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R0053/2026-03-31-02/C002/H2

Research R0053 — Prompt Claims
Run 2026-03-31-02
Claim C002
Hypothesis H2

Statement

The claim is partially correct — AI does treat weakly-stated requirements as suggestions (diagnosis correct), but the specific mechanism of negative constraints is not the best approach (prescription wrong).

Status

Current: Supported

Supporting Evidence

Evidence Summary
SRC01-E01 Requirements need enforcement but negative framing is suboptimal
SRC01-E02 Positive reframing resolves issues negative constraints cannot
SRC02-E01 Instruction hierarchies fail, confirming enforcement gap

Contradicting Evidence

Evidence Summary
None No evidence contradicts the partial-correctness position

Reasoning

All evidence converges: the problem is real (AI ignores loosely-stated requirements) but the solution needs refinement (positive enforcement outperforms negative constraints in most contexts).

Relationship to Other Hypotheses

H2 accepts H1's diagnosis but rejects the mechanism. H2 and H3 are contradictory on the diagnosis.